Collecting different narratives through interventions and primary research has been enlightening. As a non professional cancer caregiver myself, I have experienced first hand many of the emotions that many others have shared with me. Some stories involve stages I am yet to experience and others are completely relatable.
Through exploring these emotions and these stories, I have come to realise that by asking people to “Write” I am limiting the power of the stories that can be shared – as some might not necessarily have a literary or narrative weight beyond the emotional.
I therefore started exploring alternative ways in which I could represent the journey of emotions to give a voice to these carers but also to raise awareness.
By translating emotions and narratives into music, and then music into dance it would pretty much be an accessible way to access the caregiving journey while also giving voice and representation of this experience in the arts.